With more than 8 million entries, The Count of Monte Cristo has been such a success that fans are already asking for derivative products, including a book.
“It was too much of a ball!” Frankly, the story really sucks, they should make a book out of it, it’s too strong for the scenarios and all Pierre Niney!” exclaimed Augustin, one of the 8 million spectators of the successful French film. Edmond Dantès’ story of revenge was an almost unprecedented success, which won over a young audience in particular: “The revenge thing is so good, we feel that it’s seriously inspired by Batman, but frankly it works” declared Mélissa, student at Sup de Co Montpellier.
A story conducive to adaptation
Pierre Niney himself said he was attracted by the idea: “It’s clear that even if his first name isn’t great, the character’s life is stylish, frankly it would make a beast of a comic book, or even a real book!” . Despite fans’ enthusiasm, some still have reservations. ”Like the film, it is truly a masterpiece, obviously, the risk is that the book of The Count of Monte Cristo is rubbish, we would inevitably be disappointed.”Adaptation projects are not rare, and some have been huge successes: “I hope it will be like Asterix, because after the Chabat film, they made lots of comics that were so good.” said Maxime, YouTuber.
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